# Azure Stack / Azure Arc

> Publicly sourced profile assembled by Optimly, in the Optimly AI Brand Index. Last refreshed 2026-10-04.

- **Business Profile:** https://optimly.ai/brand/azure-stack-azure-arc
- **Dataset:** https://optimly.ai/brand/azure-stack-azure-arc.json
- **Markdown:** https://optimly.ai/brand/azure-stack-azure-arc/llms.txt
- **Official website:** https://microsoft.com
- **Slug:** azure-stack-azure-arc
- **Categories:** cloud-infrastructure, it-management-software

## Overview

- **Tagline:** The only solution that provides a single, unified control plane (Azure Resource Manager) that can manage resources across on-premises, edge, and competing public clouds (AWS/GCP) using native Azure tools.
Source: Brand's website (https://microsoft.com) · 2026-10-04

- **Description:** Azure Stack and Azure Arc are Microsoft's flagship hybrid and multi-cloud solutions. Azure Stack is a family of products that allow organizations to run Azure services on-premises with specific hardware, while Azure Arc is a management plane that extends Azure services and management to non-Azure infrastructure including AWS, GCP, and on-premises environments.
Source: Brand's website (https://microsoft.com) · 2026-10-04

## Offerings

- **Core capabilities:**
  - Azure Arc
  - Azure Stack HCI
  - Azure Stack Hub
  - Azure Stack Edge
Source: Brand's website (https://microsoft.com) · 2026-10-04

- **Pricing:** Usage-based / Subscription / Hardware through partners
Source: Brand's website (https://microsoft.com) · 2026-10-04

## Audience

- **Target industry:** Enterprise IT, Government/Regulated Industries, Data-intensive Edge computing, Multi-cloud organizations
Source: Brand's website (https://microsoft.com) · 2026-10-04

## Landscape

- **Competitors:**
  - AWS Outposts
  - Google Cloud Anthos (Distributed Cloud)
  - VMware Cloud Foundation / Tanzu
  - Nutanix Cloud Platform
Source: Brand's website (https://microsoft.com) · 2026-10-04

Page last updated 2026-10-17.